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25 November 2010

Airport protest never takes off; few delays seen (AP)

Airport protest never takes off; few delays seen (AP)

Airport protest never takes off; few delays seen (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:38 PM PST

Allison Gibbs holds up a sign in protest to what some are calling unnecessarily intrusive security screenings by the Transportation Security Administration at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - The big Opt-Out looked like a big bust Wednesday as most of the Thanksgiving travelers selected for full-body scans and pat-down searches chose to submit to them rather than create havoc on one of the busiest flying days of the year.

Go for turkey, not stuffing to keep the weight off (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:37 PM PST

AP - More turkey, less white bread and mashed potatoes. Just in time for holiday feasting, a large study found that diets higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates can help overweight adults who managed to drop some weight keep it off.

DeLay says he's disappointed by guilty verdicts (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay waits for his attorneys to finish paperwork inside the Travis County courthouse in Austin. Texas jurors in the money laundering trial of DeLay are to return for their first full day of deliberations on Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010, one day after sending the judge questions seeking clarification about the criminal charge. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)AP - Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says he's disappointed that a Texas jury has found him guilty on charges that he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.

Mexico sending more troops to zone next to Texas (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:35 PM PST

Federal Police officers escort accused drug trafficker Carlos Montemayor during a presentation for the media in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. According to Federal Police Montemayor took over the criminal organization led by Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka 'La Barbie', a reputed US-born kingpin after he was detained. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Mexico will send more troops and federal police to fight drug violence that has spiraled out of control this year in northeastern Mexico along the U.S. border, the federal government said Wednesday.

DeLay guilty of money laundering

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:34 PM PST

A jury convicts former Republican US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of illegally funnelling corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.

NJ anti-Facebook pastor taking leave over affair (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:29 PM PST

AP - A pastor who barred church officials from using Facebook, saying it can lead to adultery, is temporarily stepping down from the pulpit following his admission that he engaged in a three-way sexual relationship a decade ago.

Obama says he doesn't think about race vs. Palin (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:29 PM PST

President Barack Obama greets well-wishers as he arrives at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., on the way to nearby Kokomo where they will tour Chrysler's Indiana Transmission Plant II, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama says he respects Sarah Palin's political skills but hasn't thought about the possibility of facing her in the 2012 presidential election.

Gloom, anger spreads as European economies teeter (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:29 PM PST

Sinn Fein supporters protest outside Irish government buildings, in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. The Irish government has unveiled a range of tough austerity measures designed to help solve the country's debt crisis, among the spending cuts and tax rises are a reduction in the minimum wage, a new property tax and thousands of public sector job cuts. The four-year plan is designed to save the state 15 billion euro ($20bn; £13bn). The government is also negotiating a bail-out package with the EU and IMF, expected to be worth about 85 billion euro. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Anger and fear about Europe's seemingly unstoppable debt crisis coursed through the continent Wednesday. Striking workers shut down much of Portugal, Ireland proposed its deepest budget cuts in history and seething Italian and British students clashed with police over education cuts.

North Korean shelling killed 4, gutted homes (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:29 PM PST

A South Korean resident walks by destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. South Korea found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, marking the first civilian deaths in the incident and dramatically escalating the tensions in the region's latest crisis. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUTAP - As they left behind gutted homes, scorched trees and rubble-strewn streets, residents of the tiny South Korean island shelled by North Korea told harrowing tales Wednesday of fiery destruction and narrow escapes.

Powerful storm to bring snow, ice to the Dakotas (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:29 PM PST

An Amish buggy turns onto U.S. Highway 2 in Fosston, Minn. as a winter storm begins on Wednesday, Nov. 24. The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued a batch of winter weather advisories, watches and warnings for North Dakota and South Dakota through Thursday morning and a storm is expected to drop 6 to 8 inches of snow in northern Minnesota by Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Grand Forks Herald, Eric Hylden)AP - A powerful storm that pummeled much of the West is promising to bring its chaotic mix of snow, sleet and ice to much of the Dakotas on Thanksgiving Day. The system closed roads and delayed flights from Anchorage to Salt Lake City on some of the busiest travel days of the year.
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